Mother's Day Card with Flowers

Hello and happy Thursday! This morning I created this Mother's Day Card with Flowers to play along in the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Colors
• Crafty Gals Corner: Die Cuts or Punches
• Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes

Most of the supplies on this card have been retired and in my stash for at least couple of years, maybe more, with the exception of the new Happy Mother's Day die cut by Impression Obsession. It's a lot of fun to buy new supplies but I have many favorites that I still love to use. The flowers on this card are from the retired Secret Garden stamp set by Stampin' Up! and they were stamped with Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry inks. My go to leaf die is the retired little leaves Sizzlits die and I've used retired designer series paper in Night of Navy. The oval stitched die is from Avery Elle and that's about it. I want to thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

Bunny with Butterfly Card

Good day crafty friends! Today is the start of another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week we want you to Layer It Up! Our wonderful sponsor is A Day For Daisies and I've used their adorable image called Hoppity. This image features two of my favorite creatures, a bunny and a butterfly. It's perfect for any Spring card! I hope you will join us this week. You have until mid-day Monday the 22nd to link your layered creation. Click here to view all the challenge details and to see the lovely inspiration from the design team.

This Bunny with Butterfly Card was made using patterned paper from the Welcome Spring paper pad by American Crafts. The flowers were stamped using the retired Secret Garden stamp set by Stampin' Up! and die cut with the coordinating framelit dies. I colored the image with Copic markers and then the image was die cut using a stitched circle die from My Favorite Things. My Cricut machine was used to cut the pink scalloped circle. The final detail was adding the silver sequins in the middle of the flowers and coordinating colored pearls. The finished size of this card is 5.25" square. That's it and thanks for stopping by!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Friends: Girly
• Eureka Stamps: Feather and/or Fur
• Love To Scrap!: Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes

Yellow Flower Birthday Card

Today it's be snowing and sleeting here in Oklahoma. We've even had some thunder and lightning throughout the day. Thunder snow is what they called it. Needless to say it's been a great day to stay inside and make a card inspired by Spring colors. I used patterned paper from the Little Bo Peep Collection by Crate Paper. I've been hoarding this paper for awhile. Green is one of my favorite colors and the shade of green in this collection is just beautiful. Since the papers are pretty busy, I did some zig zag stitching to add subtle detail. The pink card stock is Primrose Petals by Stampin' Up! and I used So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry inks to create the flower. The yellow flower was created using the Secret Garden stamp set and matching framelits. I stamped the flower three times and did some fussing cutting for the layered center. The leaves were cut with the Little Leaves Sizzlits and the scallop circle is by Spellbinders. The Happy Birthday Wishes sentiment is from the Simply Sketched Stampin' Up! hostess stamp set and I used and oval punch and my Cricut for the base oval. The final touch was a Crushed Curry Candy Dot in the center of the flower. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

My Yellow Flower Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes/Optional twist: use your stash
• Allsorts: Spring is Coming
• Creative Corner: GREEN
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Spring Colors!
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Florals
• Open-Minded: Use Something Green
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Secret Garden Birthday Card

Do you ever case your own cards? The design for this Secret Garden Birthday Card is from a thank you card I made last fall. I've used the Top Note die cut out as a frame around the sentiment and popped it up using dimensionals. The framelits that coordinate with the Secret Garden Stamp Set make it easy to create the floral cut outs using a Big Shot. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set and I stamped the sentiment using Raspberry Ripple ink. The little butterfly was made using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set and Bitty Butterfly punch accented with three small pearls. The colors used are Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Crushed Curry and Raspberry Ripple. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Wishing you a great night and a pleasant tomorrow!

My Secret Garden Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Boots: Die Cuts
• Delightful Challenges: Make it Pop!
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Lady Anne's: Anything Goes, must use digi or rubber stamp

All supplies by Stampin' Up!. 

Secret Garden In Color Card

Hello! I'm really excited for the new Stampin' Up! catalog to go live tomorrow. This afternoon I combined one of my favorite stamp sets, Secret Garden, with the new 2013-2015 In Colors. The layout for this Secret Garden In Color Card design is from the Techno Stamper sketch challenge. The main focal space was perfect for this floral arrangement. I added a few rhinestones and some dazzling details to the center of the flowers for a little sparkle. Thanks for stopping by!

My Secret Garden In Color Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Techno Stamper: Sketch
• Inkspirational: Anything Goes
• Rhedd and Rosie: Blooming Lovely
• Flutter By Wednesday: Flowers, at least 1 butterfly and a die-cut/punch

 Secret Garden In Color Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pear Pizzazz, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush card stock and Gingham Garden dsp.
• Stamps: Secret Garden stamp set and Perfectly Penned stamp set.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pads in Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, and Pistachio Pudding.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Woodgrain embossing folder, Secret Garden framelits, Beautiful Wings embosslits, rhinestone basic jewels, dazzling details, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Floral Mother's Day Card

Hello and Happy Monday!!! My Monday always includes catching up on laundry from the weekend. The one thing that is great about doing laundry on Monday... is it gives me time to play in my craft room. It helps that my washing machine has a very long wash cycle. By they way... have you looked at the calendar lately? It's hard to believe that Mother's Day is only a couple of weeks away. I thought I would take the opportunity to create this Floral Mother's Day Card using this weeks sketch from The Paper Players designed by Ann Schach. Then I used two more challenges as inspiration, 'ABC' Challenges has a Mother's Day theme this week and Paper Playtime has an embossing challenge. I'm also linking this card to the anything goes challenge at Make It Monday. Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic week!!!

Floral Mother's Day Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, and Gumball Green card stock and Print Poetry dsp paper stack.
• Stamps: Secret Garden Stamp set by Stampin' Up! and Happy Mother's Day sentiment stamp by Hero Arts.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Midnight Muse.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Secret Garden Framelits, Bitty Butterfly punch, pearl basic jewels, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Bloomin' Marvelous Card

Bright and cheerful are the colours for this weeks challenge at ColourQ. I LOVE the combination and I know there will be many gorgeous cards created using them! I used the sketch from Retro Sketches to create this Bloomin' Marvelous Card. The flowers and leaves are from the Secret Garden stamp set and I used the matching framelits. All supplies are by Stampin' Up!

 

My Bloomin' Marvelous Card is also entered into the following anything goes challenges:

~ Sister Act

~ Simon Says Stamp

~ Make It Monday

 

Bloomin' Marvelous Card Supplies:

• Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie card stock and Melon Mambo patterned paper from the Sunshine and Sprinkles dsp.
• Stamps: Secret Garden stamp set and Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set from Sale-A-Bration. 
• Inks: Classic stampin' pads in Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, and Basic Black.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Adorning Accents Edgelit, Secret Garden Framelits, Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, large rhinestone basic jewels, and stampin' dimensionals.

Leopard Happy Birthday Card

This afternoon was a little "wild" in my craft room. Well... not really, but I did recycle a leopard kraft shopping sack for this Leopard Happy Birthday Card. The store my hubby bought my Valentine's Day present at placed my gift in this leopard sack. My hubby wrapped my present before he gave it to me but he saved the sack. He said he knew I would want it, and he was right. It was perfect for this weeks challenge at The Paper Players to use a recycled or re-purposed item. I have to say this card was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for stopping by!

My Leopard Happy Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Use Recycled Items
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Catered Crop: Use Twine

Leopard Happy Birthday Card Supplies:

• Paper: Black folded card by Recollections, Whisper White and Basic Black card stock by Stampin' Up!, Kraft card stock by The Paper Studio, and Leopard Kraft paper sack by Green Way.
• Stamps: Happy Birthday sentiment stamp from Sassy Salutations stamp set and Secret Garden stamp set both by Stampin' Up!
• Inks & Colouring: StazOn Jet Black, VersaMark watermark stamp pad, and Zing! black glitter finish embossing powder.
• Other Stuff: Fiskars deckle scissors, glitter tape by Recollections, heat tool, Bitty Butterfly punch, Secret Garden Framelits, black glitter brad, rhinestone basic jewels, and Big Shot all by Stampin' Up!, charcoal twine by The Twinery, and dimensionals. 

Leopard Kraft Sack

Thinking of You Card

When I turned my calendar to April the monthly artwork was stunning. The artist for the calendar is Susan Winget and her work is so beautiful. I immediately took my calendar to my craft room and used it as inspiration to create this Thinking of You Card. It includes several of my favorite things and colours. A sponged and stamped butterfly, embossed flowers, and a purple and green colour scheme. It was a lot of fun to make this card and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My card is entered into the following challenges:

1. 365 Cards: Sponging and Embossing
2. CCEE Stampers: Things with Wings
3. Happy Campers: Flower Power
4. Sister Act: Anything Goes
5. Dilly Beans: Spring!

Thinking of You Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, and Early Espresso card stock, Summer Smooches dsp all by Stampin' Up!, and script patterned paper from the Reunion paper pad by MME.
• Stamps: Secret Garden stamp set, Sassy Salutations sentiment stamp, Papillon Potpourri stamp set, Language of Friendship stamp set, French Foliage stamp set, all by Stampin' Up! and Floral Flourishes by Inkadinkado.
• Inks & Colouring: Classic stampin' pad in Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Garden Green, Rich Razzleberry and Summer Starfruit by Stampin' Up!. Stampin' emboss powder in clear. Antique Linen distress ink by Tim Holtz/Ranger.
• Other Stuff: Sponge, heat tool, Fiskars deckle scissors, Cricut machine (2.5" ovals), Secret Garden Framelits, Boho Blossom punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, pearl basic jewels, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

One Year Blogiversary

Hooray! Today marks the one year blogiversary for Savvy Handmade Cards. So, today I am celebrating 42,000 page views, 65 card making enthusiasts (followers), and this makes the 301st post. Now, let me tell you a little story.... last year when I started this blog I had never looked up/searched for other handmade card blogs. I had no idea the vast amount of fun you could have creating cards for challenges. When I first started making cards I immediately started submitting my work to be published, not realizing the competition was steep. The only source of inspiration at the time was from published magazines. Needless to say, I had a quick reality check when I found the world of online card blogs. There are many amazingly creative people posting inspiration on a daily basis. Thanks to everyone who have left comments on my creations and chose to follow my blog. I enjoy sharing my creativity with you and I look forward to another creative year!!! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Zebra Floral Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sunday Stamps: Color Challenge
• Stamptacular Sunday: To Die For
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with optional sketch
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Oldie But A Goodie: Feeling Floral (old supplies: zebra patterned paper and black ribbon)

Zebra Floral Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, and Cherry Cobbler card stock by Stampin' Up!, and Zebra patterned paper by The Paper Studio.
• Stamps: Secret Garden stamp set and Papillion Potpourri stamp set.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pads in Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Top Note die, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Secret Garden framelits, Blossom punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, black ribbon, ribbon slide, basic jewels, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.